KING MACKEREL - Scomberomorus cavallaFamily Scombridae, MACKERELS AND TUNASDescription: color of back iridescent bluish green, sidessilvery; streamlined body with tapered head; noblack pigment on front of the first dorsal fin; lateralline starts high and drops sharply below the seconddorsal fin; young fish often have yellowish spots likethose of Spanish mackerel.Similar fish: cero, S. regalis; Spanish mackerel,S. maculatus.Where found: NEARSHORE and OFFSHORE; occasionally taken from piers running into deep water.Size: common to 20 pounds.Remarks: schooling fish that migrates from south Florida waters in winter to more northerly waters in spring;Gulf population thought to be separate from Atlantic population, with considerable mixing in winter from CapeCanaveral past Key West; spawns in mid summer OFFSHORE; feeds on small fish and squid.Florida record: 90 lbs.